[Dixielandjazz] BEER

[Phil Pospychala]

Does anyone know Chicago had more breweries in the USA for 30 years (1933-63) than any other city?  Believe it or no, as they say in the old neighborhood.  I collect Chicago post-pro brewery advertising from cans to neons and everything in between.  The last commercial Chicago first generation brewer went out of business in 1978.  Well, sort of.  Fred Huber came down from Monroe, WI and brewed Old Chicago in the old Peter Hand Meister Brau plant from 1973 to 1978.  The first Peter Hand (Meister Brau) sold out to Miller in the early 70s and Miller wanted only the Meister Brau Lite brand although they also acquired Meister Brau and Meister Brau Draft labels, as well.  They did not want the plant.  In three years Miller had Lite up to 6 million barrels, annually, and the rest is history.  They aimed Lite at men and not women.  Women in the 60s were not ready for low calorie products on liquor store shelves, let alone in bars.  Meister Brau Lite had the right idea but the wrong marketing idea.  Of course, now, women guzzle down lite or light beers like water.> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:00:40 +0200> From: marekboym at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] BEER> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> To: bixguy at hotmail.com> > Sam Adams itself HAS several splendid brews, in addition to its> excellent Boston Lager: Black Lager, Honey Porter, Boston ale and> Brown Ale (to my palate - much better than its better known Newcastle> cousin). It also has seasonal beers, but so far none has reached> Israel). And yes, there are other goo American beers, such as> Killian's Red or Anchor Steam, to mention just a few, and some> mcrobrewery varieties.> Nevertheless, in general, " American Beer tastes like piss," as> some0ne has written on this list.> Do you know what Bud and a couple making love in a canoe have in common?> Having said all that, i'm going to drink a bottle of Kriek and listen> to some jazz!> Cheers,> Marek> R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:> > Sam Adams and some other splendid brews, I remember one I had at Birdland several years ago, are evidence that universal condemnation of United Sates beers is defamatory of some.> > I will admit that the first American beers I drank were watery, but at the time I was too young to be drinking them legally, and Henry Allen's name was on the board outside the Metropole in New York.> > I will grant that some British beers merit the scorn of Thommo the demon fast bowler of yore, not least a now custard-topped brew under a formerly noble name, a pint of which lost ichor the late Al Grey much relished in my company, but not all. Perhaps the quality of Sam Adams could be a harbinger of a less parochial and narrow sense of the outside world than currently obtains in some areas of the USA?> > Give good beer its due! Cheers! Prost! Skol!> >> >> > ---------------------------------> > Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! for Good> > _______________________________________________> > To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:> >> > http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz> >> >> >> > Dixielandjazz mailing list> > Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> >> > _______________________________________________> To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:> > http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz> > > > Dixielandjazz mailing list> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
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